ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MEGAN CRUZ SPOKE TO THE MAYOR ABOUT IT. MEGAN FROM DOWNTOWN TO NOB HILL. : FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST SIDE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK HARD TO FIND A PANHANDLER. MAYOR RICHARD BERRY SAYS HE'S NOT DISCOURAGED. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO END THIS OVERNIGHT. THIS IS AN ONGOING EFFORT. MEGAN: BERRY LAUNCHED A NEW INITIATIVE ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. HE ASKED PEOPLE TO STOP HANDING CASH OUT THEIR CAR WINDOWS AND TO INSTEAD, DONATE AT DONATEABQ.ORG. THAT WAY, THE MONEY WOULD GO TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS, WHERE $5 CAN FEED A LOT MORE PEOPLE. THERE'S SIGNS ALL OVER THE CITY EXPLAINING THIS NEW INITIATIVE. THEY ALSO TELL PEOPLE TO CALL 311 IF THEY NEED MORE INFORMATION, OR IF THEY NEED FOOD OR SHELTER. SO FAR, BERRY SAYS ABOUT 1700 PEOPLE HAVE CALLED. 92% OF THOSE PEOPLE NEEDED SERVICES GRID THEY NEEDED FOOD, THEY NEEDED SHELTER. MEGAN: AS FOR DONATIONS, HE SAYS PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN CLOSE TO $1500. THE MAYOR ADMITS, THE NUMBERS COULD BE BETTER, BUT THAT IT'S A GOOD START. WE THINK WE CAN AND PANHANDLING IN ALBUQUERQUE BUT , IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO DO THAT. MEGAN: HE'S ASKING PEOPLE TO GIVE THIS INITIATIVE A TRY. AND TO STOP HANDING YOUR MONEY OUT YOUR WINDOW. IN ALBUQUERQUE, MEGAN CRUZ, KOAT

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A White House petition requesting that dentist Walter Palmer, who killed a prized lion in Zimbabwe, be extradited to the African nation to face justice should receive a response from the Obama administration.

Jericho the lion is alive and roaming his park habitat in Zimbabwe, the Oxford University researcher tracking the lion confirmed on Sunday.

Brent Stapelkamp dismissed reports that the lion had been killed, saying a GPS device on Jericho didn't suggest anything out of the ordinary. Furthermore, the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, which told CNN and other media that poachers killed Jericho, retracted its statements on Sunday.

The head of the conservation task force, Johnny Rodrigues, said in a new statement that the erroneous information was the result of mistaken identity. Rodrigues said that another lion had been killed, something that CNN cannot immediately verify.

As proof of life, Oxford University tweeted a photo of Jericho, taken by Stapelkamp early Sunday morning.

[Previous story, published at 6:33 p.m. ET Saturday]

Conflicting reports emerged on whether Jericho, the brother of slain Cecil the lion, was also killed Saturday in an illegal hunt in Zimbabwe.

Johnny Rodrigues, head of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, told CNN that a hunter illegally gunned down Jericho in Hwange National Park.

The task force also reported on its Facebook page that Jericho was killed at 4 p.m. local time.

Later, however, an Oxford University researcher tracking Jericho told CNN that the lion was alive and moving as of 8 p.m. local time Saturday, based on the GPS data from the animal's collar.

The GPS device didn't suggest that Jericho was killed or that anything was out of the ordinary, said Brent Stapelkamp, a field researcher who is part of a team tracking Jericho in Zimbabwe.

At a minimum, the conflict over Jericho added to the angst in the wake of Cecil's killing, which provoked an international outrage because he was a protected animal. Zimbabwe is seeking the extradition of American dentist Walter Palmer on accusations that he and others illegally hunted the lion, authorities said.

The Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force was emphatic on its Facebook page when it declared Jericho dead.

"It is with huge disgust and sadness that we have just been informed that Jericho, Cecil's brother has been killed at 4pm today," the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said.

"We are absolutely heart broken," the Task Force added on the Facebook posting.

Jericho was considered to be caring for and defending Cecil's cubs, but the survivability of those cubs seemed imperiled if Jericho had indeed been killed.

Some of the cubs may have been Jericho's, said David Macdonald, director of Oxford's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, who has been studying Cecil.

Male coalitions, often between brothers, oversee prides of females in lion society and protect them from threats posed by outsider male lions, the scientist said.

But if Jericho were killed, the cubs' chance for survival "is probably gone," said Dave Salmoni, an apex predator expert for Animal Planet.

Jericho's death would seal "the fate of these cubs, for sure," Salmoni told CNN.

Cecil, killed in early July, mated with about six lionesses and had about 24 cubs, Rodrigues has said.

On Saturday, Albuquerque Police Spokesperson Celina Espinoza gave an update into the investigation saying that a .22-caliber pistol was found near Molina’s body, and that a witness saw Molina raise the gun, pointing it at officers.

Espinoza added that the safety was disengaged on the weapon and that the gun was loaded.

"The preliminary report, again, is that he had a gun in his hand, and our officers gave him verbal commands and orders, and shots were fired," said Police Chief Gorden Eden.

Espinoza says that lapel footage from the shooting is being reviewed, and that investigators are waiting for a search warrant to search Molina’s vehicle.

Molina had been arrested in May on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to authorities.

Since then, he’s had several convictions which include drug trafficking, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, larceny and drug possession.

Molina’s family denied an on-camera interview but his brother told Action 7 News that he only wants to know the truth about what happened and that his family is anxiously awaiting the outcome of APD’s investigation.

I DID BECAUSE CHIEF EDEN EARLIER TODAY, HE TELLS ME THIS COULD HAVE ENDED DIFFERENTLY IF THE SUSPECT LISTENED TO OFFICERS. SKY 7 WAS IN THE AIR, MOMENTS AFTER TODAY'S FATAL OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. POLICE QUICKLY ROPED OFF THE AREA AROUND GARFIELD AND EDITH SOUTHEAST. AN AMBULANCE COULD BE SEEN BELOW, BUT APD SAYS THE SUSPECT DIED ON SCENE, EVEN AFTER OFFICERS TRIED TO DO C.P.R. OUR OFFICERS REALLY FACE REAL DANGER OUT HERE AND I THINK THE , COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT. MAKING CHIEF GORDEN EDEN SAYS : -- MEGAN: CHIEF GORDEN EDEN SAYS THIS ALL STARTED AROUND 3:30 THIS AFTERNOON. WHEN SOMEONE CALLED 911 ABOUT A MAN AND A WOMAN FIGHTING AT ROBINSON PARK. THE CALLER SAID THE MAN THEN SHOVED THE WOMAN INTO THIS BLACK SUV. OFFICERS TRIED PULLING THE VEHICLE OVER AT 8TH AND CENTRAL. THE VEHICLE DID STOP AND AS THE OFFICERS WERE GOING TO ENGAGE THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF AGAIN. MEGAN: THERE WAS A CHASE. AT ONE POINT, EDEN SAYS THE WOMAN WAS ABLE TO JUMP OUT AND ESCAPE. SOON AFTER, OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO STOP THE SUV AGAIN. BUT THIS TIME, EDEN SAYS THE SUSPECT GOT OUT, AND SHOTS WERE FIRED. PRELIMINARY REPORT AGAIN, IT SAID THAT HE HAD A GUN IN HIS HAND, AND OFFICERS GAVE HIM FOR THE AND ORDERS, AND SHOTS WERE FIRED. MEGAN: THE CHIEF SAYS A GUN WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND NEAR THE SUSPECT. HE COULD NOT SAY IF THE SUSPECT SHOT AT OFFICERS FIRST. EDEN SAYS TODAY'S SHOOTING, IS TRAGIC AND UNFORTUNATE. WHEN PEOPLE COMPLY WITH LAWFUL COMMANDS GIVEN TO THEM BY OFFICERS THERE'S ALWAYS A GOOD , OUTCOME. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO, IS TO HAVE GOOD OUTCOMES AND SADLY TODAY, IT DIDN'T END UP THAT WAY. MEGAN: TWO OFFICERS ARE NOW ON LEAVE, BUT EDEN SAYS ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. AS FOR THE WOMAN, WE ARE TOLD SHE IS DOING JUST FINE. AS FOR THE SUSPECT, AGAIN POLICE HAVE YET TO RELEASE HIS AIM. WE ARE TOLD HE HAS A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY AND WAS JUST , ARRESTED IN MAY FOR AGGRAVATED

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